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Minnesota's Hazelden Foundation, a treatment center for those with addiction, prized counseling over medication, but in the past few years it has started offering medication to patients as well. And for an industry that often follows the foundation's lead over scientists' recommendations, it could be monumental shift.
Family planning and reproductive health services have been cut across the country -- just as the nation braces for a virus that hits pregnant women the hardest. Meanwhile, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio says Zika is not a valid reason to allow abortions and doctors are offering women in Puerto Rico free contraception.
Advocates are calling for a national database for abortion statistics and increased state reporting. “The court asked for more evidence of the harms of abortion and pro-life advocates will answer the challenge,” says Denise M. Burke, of Americans United for Life.
The New York Times breaks down the law and examines if it was successful. For the most part, it hasn't been.
Even as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention finds that smoking rates continue to decline, problems remain. “In general, smoking is getting more and more concentrated among disadvantaged groups. And it's poor people, ethnic minorities, people with mental illness,” says researcher Stanton Glantz.
Cyber criminals are shifting away from retail and into the health industry, where personal medical information can score them a much bigger payday than credit cards.
The trial was designed to broaden the use of this promising cancer drug. Meanwhile, AbbVie and Amgen clash over Humira copy.
News outlets are also covering trends including the business model in which insurers hire doctors to save money and improve patients' health outcomes while a start-up sees potential in providing a service to help consumers read the fine print on medical bills.
Meanwhile, Cigna's CEO says he still supports the mega-merger but also talks about his Plan B -- stock buybacks or acquisitions -- if the deal comes undone,
In 2015, HIV was burning a path through the state and experts told Gov. Mike Pence the only hope was to lift a ban on needle exchanges. He resisted, but then changed his mind.
In other news, Modern Healthcare reports that fixes to the marketplaces are increasingly inevitable as large insurers send the message that, without changes, they will leave the exchanges.
Because the patients are never fully admitted to the hospital, Medicare will refuse to pay the sometimes astronomical costs of their nursing home stays. Now patients will have to be made aware of the loophole. The notices are expected to begin in January. Also in the news, Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell's thoughts on value-based payments, stories about the program's new drug plan, an update on the Massachusetts "boondoogle" and a breakdown of the star ratings for New Hampshire hospitals.
Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.
A selection of opinions on health care from around the country.
Each week, KHN compiles a selection of recently released health policy studies and briefs.
Very few scientists face criminal punishment for fabricating research, as it's often seen as a victimless crime, but public sentiment could be changing.
One reason so many studies on children aren't published may be that scientists didn't get the results they were hoping for, but experts say failed results are just as important for science.
Outlets report on health news from Wisconsin, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Iowa, North Carolina, Minnesota, Texas, Missouri and New Jersey.
As legislators express frustration, state officials report that the list of people waiting more than 45 days has been whittled down from nearly 11,000 to about 3,500. Outlets also report on Medicaid issues in Iowa, Alabama and Florida.
The measures, signed by Illinois Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, extend insurance coverage for nearly all contraceptives and require physicians who won't perform abortions to provide information on where the patient can receive one. Media outlets also offer stories on abortion out of Texas and Ohio.
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